Rural
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| No Place Like Home: Place and Community Identity Among North Country Youth This brief explores the link between rural youths’ identification with their community, their self-esteem, and their future plans. The panel study of New Hampshire’s Coos County youth offers a snapshot into the dynamics of a population that is developing its identity… |
New Hampshire, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Coös Youth Study, New Hampshire, Rural, Young Adults |
| More Than One in Ten American Households Relies on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most responsive federal programs to economic downturns, as evidence by the increases in SNAP use between 2007 and 2009. Nationally, more than one in ten households relies on SNAP benefits, and the… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Food Assistance, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
| The Unequal Distribution of Child Poverty: Highest Rates among Young Blacks and Children of Single Mothers in Rural America Measuring by race, place, and family, this brief highlights poverty rates for two rural groups--young black children and children of single mothers--who each face rates around 50%.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| Young Child Poverty in 2009: Rural Poverty Rate Jumps to Nearly 29 Percent in Second Year of Recession The U.S. Census Bureau's release of its American Community Survey data in September 2010 illustrated some expected changes in poverty rates in 2009, the second year of the Great Recession. For young children under age 6, living in poverty is especially difficult… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural |
| How Yoopers See the Future of their Communities: Why Residents Leave or Stay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula According to a Community and Environment in Rural America survey, Michigan's Upper Peninsula residents, often called "Yoopers," said that ties to community and the area's natural beauty were significant factors for those who planned on staying in… |
Demography | Community, Demography, Environment, Public Opinion, Rural |
| Race, Class, and Community in a Southern Forest-Dependent Region Based on a Community and Environment in Rural America survey, this brief looks at four counties in Alabama. It finds blacks and whites have different outcomes in the community, despite expectations of regional stability and greater equality. Though they reported… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Community, Public Opinion, Race, Rural |
| Over 3 Million Low-Income Children in Rural Areas Face Cut in Child Tax Credit if Recovery Act Improvement Expires According to this new research, at the end of 2010, the Child Tax Credit improvements that were included in the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will expire if Congress does not extend them. If this happens, low-income working families across America will… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net, Tax |
| Out-of-Home Care by State and Place: Higher Placement Rates for Children in Some Remote Rural Places This fact sheet examines out-of-home placement rates for children removed from their homes because of abuse or neglect. The data finds that children in remote rural areas have overall higher rates of out-of-home placements. It also provides data on placement rates by… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Family, Health, Rural |
| Challenges in Serving Rural American Children through the Summer Food Service Program When the school year ends, many low-income children rely on the USDA's Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) to supplement their diet. But less than one-third of SFSP sites are located in rural communities and rural children participate at a lower rate than those… |
Socioeconomic Indicators and Datasets, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Food Assistance, Poverty, Rural, Safety Net |
| Rural Areas Risk Being Overlooked in 2010 Census This issue brief describes how the census is conducted in rural areas, identifies some of the most difficult rural areas to count, and highlights what organizations are doing to ensure a more accurate census count in rural America. It also points out that… |
Demography | Demography, Rural |
